I really love early BeeGees. Check out "Massachusetts", "Lonely days, lonely nights", "Words", "To love somebody", "I have got to get a message to you"
Robin was an admitted loner and very eccentric and felt for those reasons he was often misunderstood. He heard the melody for this song in a plane's engines over Germany. Many people believe this is about himself and saying things that were taken the wrong way and hurt others when not intended to do so or when being serious made others laugh. The original video is of distorted human shapes and fun house mirrors. Do people see us as we really are or distorted? A beautiful natural vibrato.
Just in case you need a good cry today: "Robin Gibb's son played this song just after his father died from kidney failure on May 20, 2012. Robin-John Gibb told The Sun: "When he passed away we went out, they took the equipment away and we came back in. I picked up my phone and found 'I Started A Joke' on UA-cam and played it. I put the phone on his chest and that was the first time I broke down. I knew that song and its lyrics were perfect for that moment. That song will always have new meaning to me now."
My obsession. BeeGees. I was fortunate enough to see them in 1978 during the height of the disco era however, don’t like to use that word because the Bee Gees are so much more than that in the early 60s in my opinion is when they had the best music ever, this is a signature song featuring Robyn, who in my opinion, had the best voice, but didn’t get the credit. He deserved because of his brother was so darn attractive.
The Bee Gees reinvented themselves in the seventies around the disco era. They had a whole other successful career in the sixties and started going out of style in the early seventies. They were hugely successful in the UK where I lived before moving to the US in '67. Some of their songs from the '60s include, "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", "Massachusetts", "To Love Somebody" and "Lonely Days".
I Started A Joke means something different to every listener. Which is the true mastery of songwriting. This is an amazing vocal performance and one of my very favorites of all time.
"Lonely Days", "To Love Somebody" and "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" are from this time, and are worth a listen!! I kind of hate that they went disco, but have a grudging admiration for "Staying Alive".
I love the early Bee Gees. To Love Somebody is my favorite. It was also Barry Gib's favorite song. I also love "Fanny Be Tender With My Love". The Bee Gees are so underrated!
You should check out a live performance of this one. Robin Gibbs got a standing ovation for this because his vocals are so flawless. His voice sounds so vulnerable. Hits in the feels e every time
Early BeeGees was when they truly shined as a band. When the folk rock explosion started they kind of started to fade. Then it all exploded again with the disco scene. We all know Saturday Night Fever and Staying Alive put them back on the map. Although the discos played their songs and they were dubbed as Disco ... if you truly listen to the lyrics and the compositions, they were much bigger than Disco! They were brilliant! But to me, their sixties catalog is genius and unique. I encourage you to listen to their older albums. NY Mining Disaste, I've Got To Get A Message To You, Massachusetts... the list goes on and on!
So good, the harmonizing is exquisite! The Bee Gees were so much more than just "disco" icons. They did amazing & beautiful songs throughout their career! thx for sharing Andy & Alex :)
They were inducted into the songwriters HoF, which was a most beautiful moment in their lives. And as well the RRHoF. More to those brothers than just Stayin' Alive!😊
Nobody cared what it was about! The Music - The Vocals- The Drama ! The entire album was addictive. I haven’t heard this in ages but I remembered every note . The Bee Gees started singing as a group as children and yes I remember their American debut on our tv ☮️
Nobo'dy showing any love for 'New York Mining Disaster 1941? Their first US hit and one of the songs that blew me away when I first heard it in 1967! Bee Gees are a whole trilogy of books in the history of rock/pop music.
The Bee Gees early hits were great. Songs like: Run To Me, To Love Somebody, Lonely Days Lonely Nights, Massachusetts and How Can You Mend A Broken Heart.
Bee Gees actually started performing under that name in 1958 as kids. Can see first TV appearance in 1960 with Time passing by (written by Barry who was 13/14). Some early Bee Gees are Words, Holiday, 1st of May, How do you mend a broken heart and Lonely days. ❤❤
60's Bee Gees songs are sensational. The list is endless. You could have an entire Bee Gees night and still miss a song. Way too much talent for all the brothers - Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy. God bless them all!
so many people think the only bee gees songs were from the disco era. Boy are they missing out. I prefer pre-Saturday Night Fever songs from them. I enjoyed the songs/movie but I believe they "felt" their early songs more.
The Bee Gees are another band with the ability to adapt to the era, from 60's to 70's and 80's their sound changed with the times. Few and far between.
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart was my favorite from when I was like 10 years old. Still love it. Lonely Days is really good too. I really like your reactions. It's like having my youngest son react to music i grew up with.
I was a big fan of the BeeGees before their second career in the Disco era. Funny thing is when I was in college in the early to mid 70s most people thought of the BeeGees as oldies but a group of my friends and I still played their tapes all the time. A year or two later they were bigger than ever.
I also really love early Bee Gees. I don’t love this song but I’m glad you guys listened to it. Bee Gees weren’t just about disco, though they were really good at it. I highly recommend, as I’m sure many will agree that these are the songs you should listen to next before you hit the disco “You don’t know what it’s like “ “ how can you mend a broken heart?” “You Should Be Dancing”
Great that you guys are hitting early BeeGees. In their early work like this, they were famous for wrapping deep, deep melancholy in delicately beautiful arrangements--it's almost like if the Beatles filled a whole album with songs like 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'She's Leaving Home'. If you'd like to see how deep and dark and lovely they could get, please hit 'Lonely Days, Lonely Nights', 'Massachusetts', 'To Love Somebody', 'I've Just Got To Get a Message To You', or (the deepest and darkest of 'em all...) their debut American single 'New York Mining Disaster 1941' (Yes--their debut single was about a mining disaster, if that tells you anything.. ;-)
The BeeGees had several hits in the 60s, those tunes are awesome! Much more creative than their 70s and beyond work. There was lots written about the big change in their music in the 70s. I have a drummer friend, Steve Rucker, who was their touring drummer for a few years in the 90s. I'll have to ask him if they played any of their 60s songs.
Really love the early Bee Gees. I think you'd really enjoy, though, watching the video of these 60s songs because they're so entertaining, and it's fun to watch them especially during this time❤❤❤
As far as I know, this song is about a man did something bad. He thought he made a joke, but everybody was crying. When he realized what he had done and felt sorry, everybody started laughing on him. He and "the world", meaning the community he lives in, didn't understand each other anymore. They drifted apart and at least felt very uncomfortable and unhappy with each other. After his death, things became normal again, "which started the whole world living".
This was a massive hit. Robin, who wrote the song, and Maurice were still teenagers at the time. Hats off guys for covering this - very eclectic music coverage!
When they were young kids 1955 they were "The Rattlesnakes", their international career as the Bee Gees started around 1967, my older sister was a huge fan and played their records all the time in the late sixties.
The Bee Gees from the 60s was GREAT music. A Bee Gees album with this on it was my first album when I was younger than 10 years old. I have always loved their music.
Robin heard the melody aboard a British Airways Vickers Viscount, it was a four engine prop plane and he said that the droning of the engine became hypnotic, taking on the sound of a church choir. When they landed they headed immediately to the hotel to write the song. Barry helped with the lyrics but it’s considered Robin’s signature song. May he RIP.
Robin Gibb was my favourite singer, incredible voice, some of the best Bee Gees songs are Robins vocals, sad sad day when he passed, rest in paradise Robin, voice of an angel ❤
This one was a very big hit. It went throughout their career into the 2000's concerts. Robin's signature song. My favourite on 5 days of the week the other two are reserved for, 'I Surrender' and 'I could not love you more.'
Please react to "Lonely Days" next. Great song. For literally DECADES, I believed and would've bet big money that "Lonely Days" was done by The Beatles! When I discovered (about 20 years ago) that it was the Bee Gees, my jaw hit the floor! I'd be interested to know if any others ever thought it was The Beatles.
Love your reviews & have since your first vids. You asked, so early Bee Gees: Lonely Days, Nights on Broadway. All of them could sing in both they're lower register and falsetto. They swap vocal arrangements in many songs. So versatile.
'Spicks and Specks' from 1966 is just the coolest of the Bee Gees songs from the 60s era. 'New York Mining Disaster 1941' from 1967 has a very Elanor Rigby feel to it.
Robin Gibb's son played this song just after his father died from kidney failure on May 20, 2012. Robin-John Gibb told The Sun: "When he passed away we went out, they took the equipment away and we came back in. I picked up my phone and found 'I Started A Joke' on UA-cam and played it. I put the phone on his chest and that was the first time I broke down. I knew that song and its lyrics were perfect for that moment. That song will always have new meaning to me now."
Yes, you guys listened to three Bee Gees songs before nights on Broadway, which is a great song. Jive talking, which would be my favorite of the three listened to before this one And how deep is your love which is not one of my favorites though it’s well put together
I have watched literally dozens of interviews with the Bee Gees and a lot of people want to know from Robyn because he wrote this song what it was about and do you know that he has never really truly answered. It’s just gonna be one of those unanswered questions you have to understand Robin’s personality. I think he battled depression. He was in a horrific train wreck when he was just 17 and it was said that there were like dead bodies around him and it really really messed up his psyche for a long long time.
It amazes me that it seems only recently, with the advent of music reactions. that the Bee Gees have been recognized for their musical genius. Their music catalog spans 50 years and several genre's. They also wrote significant numbers of hits for other artists as well. This is one of the most antithical song from their very early years. You should definitely listen to more of their 60's and early 70's musical catalog. Robin's voice is very distinctive. Keep it up.
Loved it. Thank you, gents A bit of 60's contemporary folk sound. To Love Somebody, is probably their best early song musically. I think. NY Mining Disaster 1941, Massachusetts.
You guys really need to hit "To Love Somebody", which was one of the Bee Gees' major hits in the late '60s. It is simply awesome, easily one of the most passionate and heartfelt love songs of the entire decade. Barry Gibb wrote it for Bee Gees fan Otis Redding, who died in that tragic plane crash before he could ever get the chance to record it. The brothers Gibb gave it a bit of a soul vibe on their version -- although it wouldn't be until a few years later that Barry, Robin, and Maurice more overtly adopted the R&B feel that would eventually morph into their disco-superstars era when the Bee Gees were briefly the kings of the music world -- but when you listen to Barry and his brothers sing "To Love Somebody", you can totally picture how Otis would've sung it had he lived to record it. Maybe it's just as well that he never got the chance, because Otis singing that beautiful song would've just wrecked people. People would've burst into tears every time that it came on the radio, which would've been pretty hazardous if you were driving a car while listening to it. ;-)
Three Dog Night is great! I love them. But this is a perfect Bee Gees song, and no one should DARE touch it! It's Robin's song. Barry even turns his back in concerts when they perform it.
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart is another early BeeGees song that is so so good. Beautiful harmonies, absolutely devastating lyrics. A+ and arguably an S song.
Bee Gees have one of the most unique career arcs in the rock era. It makes a difference to have heard it in chronological order. A great many of their fans either really dig their '60s material but despise their disco-era super-hits. OR they adore their disco-era but are ambivalent about their other output. These guys could write terrific pop songs and arrange them in any era. Most anything in their catalog is appealing. Their early material has a lot of lush orchestration, with a few notable exceptions: try "Spicks and Specks" and "Words."
Bee Gees had two careers: folk-rock in the sixties, then they disappeared and came back as disco gods in the seventies. Also, Robin Gibb (one of the twins) was the singer of this one, but Barry developed his falsetto by the seventies and took over most of the lead vocals instead of the two sharing them. If you want my opinion about the meaning, it's about someone who's always felt like he never fit into society, like when he thought something was funny it was really tragic and when he died the world went right on without him, because he never mattered to anyone.
Going to go out on a limb and predict half of your audiences made up of people that listen to this when they were kids and for some reason it hit all the feels back in the day. Definitely an nostalgia trip more than a major hit
I really love early BeeGees. Check out "Massachusetts", "Lonely days, lonely nights", "Words", "To love somebody", "I have got to get a message to you"
Excellent list!
@penderyn8794not according to Barry Gibb
@penderyn8794Barry Gibb says that isn't the meaning
@@gagejackmanbut don’t we all have our own preferred meanings and truths and all that other woke stuff? So it means what it means.
In an interview Barry said "Loney Days" was his tribute to The Beatles.
Robin was an admitted loner and very eccentric and felt for those reasons he was often misunderstood. He heard the melody for this song in a plane's engines over Germany. Many people believe this is about himself and saying things that were taken the wrong way and hurt others when not intended to do so or when being serious made others laugh. The original video is of distorted human shapes and fun house mirrors. Do people see us as we really are or distorted? A beautiful natural vibrato.
Just in case you need a good cry today: "Robin Gibb's son played this song just after his father died from kidney failure on May 20, 2012. Robin-John Gibb told The Sun: "When he passed away we went out, they took the equipment away and we came back in. I picked up my phone and found 'I Started A Joke' on UA-cam and played it. I put the phone on his chest and that was the first time I broke down. I knew that song and its lyrics were perfect for that moment. That song will always have new meaning to me now."
Was looking if someone was going to do this. Robin, man...
Wow.
The 60's Bee Gees music is more heart felt I think than the 70's. Have you listened to their song Holiday? That's a good one too.
Robin’s voice at its finest!!
To Love Somebody is my favorite Bee Gees song, very early Bee Gees and one, if not the most covered song ever.
Robin Gibb says, "This is a very spiritual song. The listeners have to interpret it themselves, trying to explain it would detract from the song."
My obsession. BeeGees. I was fortunate enough to see them in 1978 during the height of the disco era however, don’t like to use that word because the Bee Gees are so much more than that in the early 60s in my opinion is when they had the best music ever, this is a signature song featuring Robyn, who in my opinion, had the best voice, but didn’t get the credit. He deserved because of his brother was so darn attractive.
The Bee Gees reinvented themselves in the seventies around the disco era. They had a whole other successful career in the sixties and started going out of style in the early seventies. They were hugely successful in the UK where I lived before moving to the US in '67. Some of their songs from the '60s include, "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", "Massachusetts", "To Love Somebody" and "Lonely Days".
BeeGees had number 1s in the 1960, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s.
Features Robin. His voice is so pure.
I Started A Joke means something different to every listener. Which is the true mastery of songwriting. This is an amazing vocal performance and one of my very favorites of all time.
"Lonely Days", "To Love Somebody" and "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" are from this time, and are worth a listen!! I kind of hate that they went disco, but have a grudging admiration for "Staying Alive".
I can't hear this song without getting teary eyed. Robin, you are my favorite Bee Gee . I hope you are all at peace.
existential mysticism. beautifully and carefully composed and performed.
They remained relevant to every generation. I love Robin's voice.
I love the early Bee Gees. To Love Somebody is my favorite. It was also Barry Gib's favorite song. I also love "Fanny Be Tender With My Love". The Bee Gees are so underrated!
You should check out a live performance of this one. Robin Gibbs got a standing ovation for this because his vocals are so flawless. His voice sounds so vulnerable. Hits in the feels e every time
Robin Gibb had such a unique voice. I really like it 🔥🔥
This so very beautiful and sad at the same time. Love the Bee Gees. Love your reactions! ♥
I Can’t See Nobody Is another great early Bee Gees song. Others are To Love Somebidy and Got To Get A Message To You
This is my favorite BeeGees song and the first one I heard and bought when I was 13 in 1970.
This song right here is my favorite Bee Gees song…beautiful. ♥️🌹
Early BeeGees was when they truly shined as a band. When the folk rock explosion started they kind of started to fade. Then it all exploded again with the disco scene. We all know Saturday Night Fever and Staying Alive put them back on the map. Although the discos played their songs and they were dubbed as Disco ... if you truly listen to the lyrics and the compositions, they were much bigger than Disco! They were brilliant! But to me, their sixties catalog is genius and unique.
I encourage you to listen to their older albums. NY Mining Disaste, I've Got To Get A Message To You, Massachusetts... the list goes on and on!
So good, the harmonizing is exquisite! The Bee Gees were so much more than just "disco" icons. They did amazing & beautiful songs throughout their career! thx for sharing Andy & Alex :)
They were inducted into the songwriters HoF, which was a most beautiful moment in their lives. And as well the RRHoF. More to those brothers than just Stayin' Alive!😊
Nobody cared what it was about! The Music - The Vocals- The Drama ! The entire album was addictive. I haven’t heard this in ages but I remembered every note . The Bee Gees started singing as a group as children and yes I remember their American debut on our tv ☮️
The Bee Gees album Odessa was one of my first albums in the 60s. This song, "The First of May" and "Never Say Never Again" were popular releases.
Nobo'dy showing any love for 'New York Mining Disaster 1941? Their first US hit and one of the songs that blew me away when I first heard it in 1967! Bee Gees are a whole trilogy of books in the history of rock/pop music.
So cool you guys found the Bee Gees 1.0! (their 70’s stuff is as good as any of the time too) Lots of great stuff!
The Bee Gees early hits were great. Songs like: Run To Me, To Love Somebody, Lonely Days Lonely Nights, Massachusetts and How Can You Mend A Broken Heart.
Also, Robin's voice literally had perfect pitch...a real treat for the ears.
They've got fistfuls of FANTASTIC hits in the late 60's, and yet I dont believe they get enough cred for their astounding 1st run!
I laughed when I saw you were showing this. But when you actually listen, it's damn good. The joke was on me!
Bee Gees actually started performing under that name in 1958 as kids. Can see first TV appearance in 1960 with Time passing by (written by Barry who was 13/14). Some early Bee Gees are Words, Holiday, 1st of May, How do you mend a broken heart and Lonely days. ❤❤
This , of all the BeeGees hits , is my favorite . if Robin had gone solo , as brother Andy Gibb did , he'd have had his own solo recognition .
As a matter of fact, he did. It was 1969/1970. Robin had a hit with ""Saved by the bell", remember?
Always reminds me of riding in the car with my mother who loved this song. ❤
60's Bee Gees songs are sensational. The list is endless. You could have an entire Bee Gees night and still miss a song. Way too much talent for all the brothers - Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy. God bless them all!
so many people think the only bee gees songs were from the disco era. Boy are they missing out. I prefer pre-Saturday Night Fever songs from them. I enjoyed the songs/movie but I believe they "felt" their early songs more.
The Bee Gees are another band with the ability to adapt to the era, from 60's to 70's and 80's their sound changed with the times. Few and far between.
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart was my favorite from when I was like 10 years old. Still love it. Lonely Days is really good too. I really like your reactions. It's like having my youngest son react to music i grew up with.
My favorite all time Bee Gees song. Robin’s voice is the best of all three brothers. ❤
I agree!
The live b and w footage of this song is something else.
The Bee Gees have very robust 60s catalog. Ignored by the early 70s then reinvented their sound mid 70s where most people associate them.
I was a big fan of the BeeGees before their second career in the Disco era.
Funny thing is when I was in college in the early to mid 70s most people thought of the BeeGees as oldies but a group of my friends and I still played their tapes all the time.
A year or two later they were bigger than ever.
I also really love early Bee Gees.
I don’t love this song but I’m glad you guys listened to it. Bee Gees weren’t just about disco, though they were really good at it.
I highly recommend, as I’m sure many will agree that these are the songs you should listen to next before you hit the disco
“You don’t know what it’s like “
“ how can you mend a broken heart?”
“You Should Be Dancing”
Great that you guys are hitting early BeeGees. In their early work like this, they were famous for wrapping deep, deep melancholy in delicately beautiful arrangements--it's almost like if the Beatles filled a whole album with songs like 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'She's Leaving Home'. If you'd like to see how deep and dark and lovely they could get, please hit 'Lonely Days, Lonely Nights', 'Massachusetts', 'To Love Somebody', 'I've Just Got To Get a Message To You', or (the deepest and darkest of 'em all...) their debut American single 'New York Mining Disaster 1941' (Yes--their debut single was about a mining disaster, if that tells you anything.. ;-)
Well put.
The BeeGees had several hits in the 60s, those tunes are awesome! Much more creative than their 70s and beyond work. There was lots written about the big change in their music in the 70s. I have a drummer friend, Steve Rucker, who was their touring drummer for a few years in the 90s. I'll have to ask him if they played any of their 60s songs.
The Bee Gees were remarkable singers and songwriters - just wonderful.
Really love the early Bee Gees. I think you'd really enjoy, though, watching the video of these 60s songs because they're so entertaining, and it's fun to watch them especially during this time❤❤❤
As far as I know, this song is about a man did something bad. He thought he made a joke, but everybody was crying. When he realized what he had done and felt sorry, everybody started laughing on him. He and "the world", meaning the community he lives in, didn't understand each other anymore. They drifted apart and at least felt very uncomfortable and unhappy with each other. After his death, things became normal again, "which started the whole world living".
Love the pre disco Bee Gees.
This was a massive hit. Robin, who wrote the song, and Maurice were still teenagers at the time. Hats off guys for covering this - very eclectic music coverage!
When they were young kids 1955 they were "The Rattlesnakes", their international career as the Bee Gees started around 1967, my older sister was a huge fan and played their records all the time in the late sixties.
The Bee Gees from the 60s was GREAT music. A Bee Gees album with this on it was my first album when I was younger than 10 years old. I have always loved their music.
That era was brilliant , they had some brilliant songs
So much great music from the bee gees for decades
I bet you would love their song You Should Be Dancing!!!
Robin heard the melody aboard a British Airways Vickers Viscount, it was a four engine prop plane and he said that the droning of the engine became hypnotic, taking on the sound of a church choir. When they landed they headed immediately to the hotel to write the song. Barry helped with the lyrics but it’s considered Robin’s signature song. May he RIP.
Robin Gibb sang like he had a Leslie Tone Cabinet in his throat.
Robin Gibb was my favourite singer, incredible voice, some of the best Bee Gees songs are Robins vocals, sad sad day when he passed, rest in paradise Robin, voice of an angel ❤
Yes, Andy, it is a blend of 50's and 60's blend. Simple blend of vocals and simple music. Just my thoughts.
This one was a very big hit. It went throughout their career into the 2000's concerts. Robin's signature song. My favourite on 5 days of the week the other two are reserved for, 'I Surrender' and 'I could not love you more.'
Please react to "Lonely Days" next. Great song. For literally DECADES, I believed and would've bet big money that "Lonely Days" was done by The Beatles! When I discovered (about 20 years ago) that it was the Bee Gees, my jaw hit the floor! I'd be interested to know if any others ever thought it was The Beatles.
Love your reviews & have since your first vids. You asked, so early Bee Gees: Lonely Days, Nights on Broadway. All of them could sing in both they're lower register and falsetto. They swap vocal arrangements in many songs. So versatile.
'Spicks and Specks' from 1966 is just the coolest of the Bee Gees songs from the 60s era.
'New York Mining Disaster 1941' from 1967 has a very Elanor Rigby feel to it.
Robin Gibb's son played this song just after his father died from kidney failure on May 20, 2012. Robin-John Gibb told The Sun: "When he passed away we went out, they took the equipment away and we came back in. I picked up my phone and found 'I Started A Joke' on UA-cam and played it. I put the phone on his chest and that was the first time I broke down. I knew that song and its lyrics were perfect for that moment. That song will always have new meaning to me now."
Yes, you guys listened to three Bee Gees songs before nights on Broadway, which is a great song.
Jive talking, which would be my favorite of the three listened to before this one
And how deep is your love which is not one of my favorites though it’s well put together
Incredible song ..... what a singer this guy was.
Lonely Days!
Love the video that faith no more fud when they covered this. Just a great cover too.
I have watched literally dozens of interviews with the Bee Gees and a lot of people want to know from Robyn because he wrote this song what it was about and do you know that he has never really truly answered. It’s just gonna be one of those unanswered questions you have to understand Robin’s personality. I think he battled depression. He was in a horrific train wreck when he was just 17 and it was said that there were like dead bodies around him and it really really messed up his psyche for a long long time.
Robin was the main songwriter and takes the lead vocals on this one.
Tioraidh an-drasta 🏴
PLEASE listen to For Whom the Bell Tolls by the Bee Gees (live version in New York) ❤
Oh yeah...whenever I think of The Sixties I think of The Bee Gees...
Robin had such an amazing voice
It amazes me that it seems only recently, with the advent of music reactions. that the Bee Gees have been recognized for their musical genius. Their music catalog spans 50 years and several genre's. They also wrote significant numbers of hits for other artists as well. This is one of the most antithical song from their very early years. You should definitely listen to more of their 60's and early 70's musical catalog. Robin's voice is very distinctive. Keep it up.
Loved it. Thank you, gents
A bit of 60's contemporary folk sound.
To Love Somebody, is probably their best early song musically. I think.
NY Mining Disaster 1941, Massachusetts.
You guys really need to hit "To Love Somebody", which was one of the Bee Gees' major hits in the late '60s. It is simply awesome, easily one of the most passionate and heartfelt love songs of the entire decade. Barry Gibb wrote it for Bee Gees fan Otis Redding, who died in that tragic plane crash before he could ever get the chance to record it. The brothers Gibb gave it a bit of a soul vibe on their version -- although it wouldn't be until a few years later that Barry, Robin, and Maurice more overtly adopted the R&B feel that would eventually morph into their disco-superstars era when the Bee Gees were briefly the kings of the music world -- but when you listen to Barry and his brothers sing "To Love Somebody", you can totally picture how Otis would've sung it had he lived to record it.
Maybe it's just as well that he never got the chance, because Otis singing that beautiful song would've just wrecked people. People would've burst into tears every time that it came on the radio, which would've been pretty hazardous if you were driving a car while listening to it. ;-)
Robin! At his very best, he can hit the shivers on you like no other.
For whom the bell tolls should be your next reaction 👍🏻🤩🏴
Thank you so much for playing this. Love Robins voice. I have him on my playlist.
Run to Me is my favourite BeeGees song
Reached Number 9 in The UK on 13th August,1972.
Going from these 60s tunes to their later disco era songs was a shock at the time.
"Gotta Get a Message to You" is a good one.
To love somebody is one to check out.
Best 60s you're missing is the Sonics "boss Hoss""he's waiting""Cinderella""psycho" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Three Dog Night is great! I love them. But this is a perfect Bee Gees song, and no one should DARE touch it! It's Robin's song. Barry even turns his back in concerts when they perform it.
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart is another early BeeGees song that is so so good. Beautiful harmonies, absolutely devastating lyrics. A+ and arguably an S song.
Bee Gees have one of the most unique career arcs in the rock era. It makes a difference to have heard it in chronological order. A great many of their fans either really dig their '60s material but despise their disco-era super-hits. OR they adore their disco-era but are ambivalent about their other output. These guys could write terrific pop songs and arrange them in any era. Most anything in their catalog is appealing. Their early material has a lot of lush
orchestration, with a few notable exceptions: try "Spicks and Specks" and "Words."
NY Mining Disaster Of 1941 - one of my favorite Bee Gees songs.
Absolutely my favorite BeeGees!!
and it was their first US release.
Sad as it is, it's kind of a masterpiece.
🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 Wonderful
The early Bee Gees is my fav
Lonely days, lonely nights thumbs up
Such a beautiful and melancholy delivery from Robin. Gorgeous.
It was played on most genre radio, and most would sing along
Like Art Garfunkel, Robin had an ethereal quality to his voice than was both angelic and mysterious.
Robin, the lead singer and main writer of the song, was 18 at the time.
Bee Gees had two careers: folk-rock in the sixties, then they disappeared and came back as disco gods in the seventies. Also, Robin Gibb (one of the twins) was the singer of this one, but Barry developed his falsetto by the seventies and took over most of the lead vocals instead of the two sharing them. If you want my opinion about the meaning, it's about someone who's always felt like he never fit into society, like when he thought something was funny it was really tragic and when he died the world went right on without him, because he never mattered to anyone.
Going to go out on a limb and predict half of your audiences made up of people that listen to this when they were kids and for some reason it hit all the feels back in the day. Definitely an nostalgia trip more than a major hit
They look like they’re listening to a banging dance song! 😂😂